Django-HTMX Chat Application

This is a simple backend focused chat application, created with django and htmx. There is 0% trace of javascript in the source code :) HTMX abstracts away the usage of Javascript for connecting and interacting with the websockets and other protocols.

Demo:

chat-app-demo.webm

Features:

• Create Rooms
• Join Room with code
• Send and Recieve Message

Requirements:

• python 3.10
• django 4.1
• channels
• htmx > 1.8.5

Installation:

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Mr-Destructive/django-htmx-chat

2. Create a python virtual environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Make Migrations:

python manage.py migrate

5. Run the Server:

python manage.py runserver